Where do you think the GT2 tracks are set?

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This is something that's always interested me. Where do you reckon the tracks in GT2 are located?

Personally, I always imagined Trial Mountain to be set in the North of the UK somewhere, not sure why though. Just have. High Speed Ring strikes me as the kind of course I'd imagine set somewhere in Europe, Denmark etc.

Anyway, your thoughts?
 
Trial Mountain: I used to think somewhere in the UK, too, but eventually this changed. Are there really any mountains in Great Britain? In GT4, there's a monkey sitting in a tree, so now I tend to think of it as South Africa.

Apricot Hill: Again, I used to think of this as a British track, but now I tend to think Italy or somehwere Meditterenean. I did some research. Apricots don't grow as well in the UK (correct me if I'm wrong).

Red Rock Speedway: Somewhere in the American southwest. Arizona...Colorado.

High Speed Ring: Japan.

Route 5: Vancouver, BC Canada. Route 5 actually passes thru or near Vancouver.

Stupor Speedway: Somewhere in United States. I tend to think of California because in GT3, there are a number of windmills just off-track, and the state with the most windmills right now happens to be Cali. :D Plus, the fact that it's an oval makes me think SS is also used for NASCAR.

Autumn Ring: Low mountains in the background (as seen in GT4) suggest it could be somewhere in the Appalachians, which is in United States. I'm thinking western Pennsylvania or Maryland. This region has quite an autumn. 👍

Deep Forest: South Germany.

Super Stage Route 11: Japan. There was some discussion awhile back of an area of a Japanese city (forgetting which one) resembled R11.

Test Track: i tend to think the Test Track could be from any continent. Hence, in GT2, there's a Test Track in Europe, one in America, one in Asia. :dopey:

Mid-Field: Japan (used alot during Japanese GT Nationals)

Grand Valley: France. Dunno why. Guess the 'valley' reference had me thinking of wine. :dopey:
 
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Trial Mountain is in the UK, Grindelwald is in Bern, Switzerland, Deep Forest is in Germany, Mid Field is in Japan & SS R5 is in Japan also methinks.
 
Yeah, Grindelwald is definitely in Switzerland. I also reckon Red Rock Valley is set just out of Las Vegas, in the Nevada desert. Also, SSR5 and 11 strike me as a coastal Japanese city, not sure why.
 
^Hear hear! :)
BTW,within GT1/2, I suspect C/SSR5 in London (hence a clock tower near CSR5's overpass turn)
 
I've always wondered where these tracks came from.

Route 5 going through Vancouver is a nice surprise actually, considering i used to live there, haha.

Wouldn't Route 11 be from the same area? But then again it does look like a place located some near a place like Sugo Sports land what with the ferris wheel and all.
 
On GT4, CSR/SSR5 have British road signs, so I'm willing to bet those and SSR11 are British.
 
Very interesting thread! For me it's like this:

Super Speedway: USA (reminds me of Richmond Oval) or Japan (Twin Ring Motegi's clone).

Midfield Raceway: Japan, same reason as Parnelli.

Apricot Hill: France. Not sure why, but apricot reminds me of France. Alternatively Japan, because of similarities to Suzuka in layout.

Red Rock Valley: Arizona/Nevada/Texas. Red sands, scorching sunset and NASCAR like track.

Smokey Mountain: Canada. Again, not sure why. Maybe because Smokey rhymes with Rocky :lol:.

Green Forest Roadway: Switzerland, because it has a very Grindelwald-ish atmosphere.

Autumn Ring: Japan. Due to an episode in Initial D, red leaves always remind me of Japan.

Trial Mountain: Somewhere in Central Europe. Germany/Netherlands/Italy/Belgium. Lots of great mountain roads there.

Deep Forest: Germany. For some reason it reminds me of the Black Forest, and it's used extensively in the German Nationals too.

Grand Valley: Somewhere in the Mediterranean. For some reason I always imagined Grand Valley to have a high ambient temperature. And those tall cliffs remind me of Greece or Corsica. That bridge leading into the tunnel reminds me of the Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia though.

CSR5/SSR5: Japan or London. The roads, tunnels and overhead signs reminds me of the Wangan Highway in Japan, but the clock tower is reminiscent of the Big Ben in London.

Grindelwald: Switzerland. No explanation needed here.

Test Course: Norway. There is a track in NFS II which is very similar to the Test Course, and it is located in Norway. Those purple-blue mountains in the background also reminds me of Norway (they looked really cold and lonely).

Motorsports Land: Japan. No specific reason why, but I always get the feeling that it is located in the centre of Midfield Raceway or Apricot Hill.

Phew! That's all of the fictional tracks. I had to consult the Game Guides here so I don't forget any lol.
 
Sorry for digging up, but I found this thread really interesting. So here are my suggestions:

SSR 5: I think it's in London because of the clocktower and the buildings around the track(skyscrappers etc.)

High Speed Ring: I don't know why, but I think it's japanese track.

Midfield Raceway: Situated in US, maybe because of the name. But the background with all those trees and lakes reminds me of one place in Bulgaria, actually. :dopey:

Red Rock Valley: Certainly US

Grand Valley Speedway: I think it could be near a japanese city like Osaka.

Test Course: Somewhere in Germany/Austria or Hungary.

Trial Mountain: Again Germany or Hungary.

Apricot Hill: Greece or Italy partially because of the name.

Autumn Ring: Czech Republic

Deep Forest: Once again, this track reminds me of my country, Bulgaria.

P.S: Excuse me if I made any spelling or grammar mistakes-my English is not flawless.
 
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^Your English is good enough, actually. There has recently been an American and an Irishman posting over in GT4, both who have worse English than you! :indiff:
 
Special Stages and Clubman Stage are in Tokyo, Japan. Shame.

High Speed Ring is looking like old Fuji Speedway, so Japan.

Red Rock Valley is real in US, but there is no any race track.
 
Hey all, I found this thread as I'm working on a new writing series where I needed to place these tracks in locations, and this thread is perfect help for me, thanks all! The one that's bugging me now is Grand Valley...I'm torn between Australia or the Greek/Mediterranian link mentioned earlier!
 
Grand Valley is in GT Europe Leauge, so it cant be in Australia.

Apricot Hill is probably in Italy. Watch the tirewalls on hairpin in 3rd sector. Looks like italian flag. BTW, apricot is a fruit. Italy is the best place.
 
Falcon787B
Hey all, I found this thread as I'm working on a new writing series where I needed to place these tracks in locations, and this thread is perfect help for me, thanks all! The one that's bugging me now is Grand Valley...I'm torn between Australia or the Greek/Mediterranian link mentioned earlier!
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Go with Greece. It sounds much more exotic :sly:.
 
maniak300
Grand Valley is in GT Europe Leauge, so it cant be in Australia.

Apricot Hill is probably in Italy. Watch the tirewalls on hairpin in 3rd sector. Looks like italian flag. BTW, apricot is a fruit. Italy is the best place.
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Being Italian, I may confirm that apricots grow well here. Generally, I'd say it's Italian beacuse of the flags and actually I seem to remember two corners in the sand which were quite similar to ones contained in Imola circuit (it was in Formula 1 before 2005-6, don't remember well), which is actually in Italia.
Also, I seem to remember Imola had some uphill-downhill (and a corner followed by a downhill, if I remember well from F1 2001 for ps2), so this might be a point for Italy.

But I had always thought it was placed in some areas like southern France because you know, "apricot" has a french etimology, it's a typical French noun: if you move the accent to the "o" and throw away the T you hear it. Also, (and this is quite a strange point), I don't recognize the colour of the grass and of other things which should say "It's Italian": the atmosphere isn't Italian at all (but this is very subjective).

Also, there's to say that the Dunlop Laguna-seca like arch should tell us the circuit isn't European...

So, my personal interpretation is: the programmers didn't think too much about the location for this track, they simply designed a good one and put random details on it. If I had to write a story, I would say that is in Southern France, near Nice, maybe.
 
I had always thought that Aprocot Hill was in southern France, but lately i've thought of it as being located in northern Spain, specifically Catalonia. I think it's because Apricot Hill reminds me of the Circuit de Catalunya. The landscape around both tracks seem similar in my opinion.

I also raced on Green Forest Roadway recently, and I thought that it was similar to the Swiss Alps rally circuit in GT3. I found that both track maps look fairly similar as well.

Also, i've alway felt that Deep Forest is set in Germany, perhaps the Black Forest or somewhere else in the south of the country.
 
I always thought High Speed Ring was in Japan. Grand Valley Speedway is in Greece. Autumn Ring just seems like France. Red Rock Valley also seems like it is in Europe. Apricot Hill does seem Italian.
 
My ideas:

Super Speedway: Japan or USA - American layout; pretty much a double of Motegi SS.

Midfield: Japan - looks like the Japanese countryside.

Apricot Hill: Somewhere in Eastern Europe - apparently, that's where the apricot originated, so it could be a reference.

Red Rock Valley: Apparently, the Red Rock Canyon is just outside Vegas, so it looks like benzoboy is right.

Smokey Mountain: Smokey mountain - with an 'e' - is either a rubbish dump in the Phillipines or a rock band. So either Smokey Mountain is a mistake, or PD went a bit mental. Without an 'e', it can be a mountain in California, Idaho, Tennessee, Utah or on the moon. So it's probably one of them. Apart from the last one.

Green Forest: Green forest is apparently a city in Arkansas, so it's unlikely that's how the track got it's name. It could be an alternative version of the Black Forest, Germany.

Autumn Ring: Canada. The maple leaves say it all.

Trial Mountain: Brazil or Argentina or Bolivia or somewhere around there. There's thick, dense forests, mountains, and a monkey. Then again, the Loch Ness Monster thinks differently...

Deep Forest: This is tricky. It seems to be located in a high up, wooded area , so could be anywhere from South America to Europe.

Grand Valley: I'm thinking a mediterranean location. Nice weather. Big Mountains.

SSR5/CSR5: Seems to be American Road Signs. I think LA or somewhere.

Driving Park: Could be anywhere.

Eigen Loop (hidden): Eigen. Eiger. Pretty similar, aren't they? Perhaps the canned Eigen Loop was an early development of Eiger Nordwand? Just a thought.

Plam/Palm Strip (hidden): A strip with palm trees? Two words: Los. Angeles. As for the Palm/Plam debate, I reckon it's actually meant to be Palm but the fact that it says Plam in the opening movie is just another of GT2's noomerus spelin mistacs. :lol:
 
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Smart_Roadster
My ideas:

Super Speedway: Japan or USA - American layout; pretty much a double of Motegi SS.
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In GT3 A-spec, Super Speedway has a group of power-generating wind towers visible off towards one of the turns, which led me to think California for sure. Lots of green technology there + several oval tracks.

Apricot Hill: Somewhere in Eastern Europe - apparently, that's where the apricot originated, so it could be a reference.
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I used to think Ape Hill was in England, but after one day Googling where the apricot grows best in Europe, I came to the same conclusion as you: East Europe. PatruckGT2 says Italy or Southern France, which could be more of a reality, too, since there's more (correct me if I'm wrong) international racing done in France and Italy than there is in former Yugoslavia, Czech Republic, Hungary, etc., these areas being under the control or influence of the former USSR.

Red Rock Valley: Apparently, the Red Rock Canyon is just outside Vegas, so it looks like benzoboy is right.
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Yup.


Autumn Ring: Canada. The maple leaves say it all.
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We have maples down here, too. ;)


Grand Valley: I'm thinking a mediterranean location. Nice weather. Big Mountains.
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I came to the same conclusion long ago. I think GT2's National/Regional events have French, Spanish, and (I think but it's been awhile) Italian flags associated with them, so this makes sense.

SSR5/CSR5: Seems to be American Road Signs. I think LA or somewhere.
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In games later than GT2, some of these signs are in metric terms. Since Route 5 runs through Vancouver, B.C., Canada seems more realistic.

Plam/Palm Strip (hidden): A strip with palm trees? Two words: Los. Angeles. As for the Palm/Plam debate, I reckon it's actually meant to be Palm but the fact that it says Plam in the opening movie is just another of GT2's noomerus spelin mistacs. :lol:
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Could be Florida, too.
 
Hmm...I've actually had some thoughts about the location of GT2's original circuts for a while now. Here's my 2 Cents:

Grand Valley: Greece or Corsica, if only for the mountains, the proximity of a River/Ocean (The Bridge) and for sheer novelty value.

Spuer Speedway: California, probably out near Bakersfield or Modesto.

Clubman/Special Stage Route 5: Clock Tower aside, I'd say Japan.

Special Stage Route 11: Japan, Yokohama to be specific.

Midfield Raceway: I used to think Japan, but now I'll say England due to the European Castle Turret off to the side of the track.

Trial Mountain: South Africa.

Apricot Hill: France. Apricots grow pretty well there and the Dunlop Tire bridge could probably be a tribute to the famous Dunlop Bridge at Lemans.

Red Rock Valley: Somewhere outside of Las Vegas, Nevada.

Autumn Ring: Reading, PA...

Deep Forest: Germany.

Green Forest Roadway: Switzerland, mainly because the course layout suggests that it was a prototype for the Swiss Alps course in GT3-GT4.

Smokey Mountain: Hmm...this is a tricky one. The name suggests that it's located in the United States, but Americans never had much interest in rallying. Futhermore, the architecture on the start/finish line seems European in design...I'll go with Spain, maybe Portugal.

Driving Park: Anywhere, really...It's a small enough course that it could theoretically be located in the infield of any of the game's courses.

Test Course: Norway, if only because of the majestic purple mountains in the background.

I'll refrain from naming where the "Eigen Loop" and "Plam Strip" courses are...Mainly because I've never actually seen them myself!
 
Let's see...

Trial Mountain: Don't know... I used to think it was located in England... but, after reading some posts... I think I'll say somewhere in central Europe...

High Speed Ring: Could be anywhere... But I'll say Japan...

Deep Forest: Germany :)

Apricot Hill: Also in Germany

Special Stage Route 5, 11 & Clubman: Japan :)

Midfield: Hmmm... I think in Japan also...

Test Course: I've always believed it's in France, dunno why :)

Grand Valley: I've always believed it's in Austria...

Red Rock Valley: Must be somewhere in the US desert I believe...

Autum Ring: Well... I think it has to be in either the US or Canada... ;)

Super Speedway: Back in the day when I played GT2 I thought it was somewhere in Europe... mainly because of the background...
 
Smart_Roadster
Plam/Palm Strip (hidden): A strip with palm trees? Two words: Los. Angeles. As for the Palm/Plam debate, I reckon it's actually meant to be Palm but the fact that it says Plam in the opening movie is just another of GT2's noomerus spelin mistacs. :lol:
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Just noticed. In the opening movie, it says Plam Strip. On License I-A 3 (Menu) it says Palm strip. By the way, that license actually takes place on Apricot Ring.
 
maniak300
Special Stages and Clubman Stage are in Tokyo, Japan. Shame.

High Speed Ring is looking like old Fuji Speedway, so Japan.

Red Rock Valley is real in US, but there is no any race track.
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High speed ring is inspired in the Fuji Speedway 80's. That's why it was not in GT3 but it was in GT4 when they had the FISCO license.
 
Since the Palm/Plam Strip License test takes place at Apricot Hill. Couldn't it be possible that Palm/Plam Strip is Apricot Hill?
 

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